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ANTON KULIOH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BED-LOUN'GE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 508,548, dated November 14, 1893.

Application filed October 26, 1892. Serial No. 450.080. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANToN KULIoH, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New'York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bediounges, of which' the following is a Specificaion.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bed-lounges of that class, in which `the lounge may be readily clianged to a bed and Vice versa from a bed into a lounge and in which the covered portions of the lounge are not in use and subjected to wear when the lounge is a bed, so that the cover remainsi for a longer time in good condition; and the invention consists of a bed-loungecomposed of a main-frame which is provided With a detach'able back which is made of an exterior frame and of a hinged and upholstered backsection. This back-section is adapted to be lowered into the main-frame after the seatsection which is hinged to the front-part on the main-frame is turned onyits hinges in outward position.

section is supported when in position as a bed-section. The head-piece of the lounge is made of two sections, a stationary section, attached to the main-frame and a hinged section which is turned in outward direction and supported on a piioted and spring-actnated plate that is attached to the outer corner of the'seat-seetion, said hinged plate assuming a position at right angles to the Seat-section.

The hinged head-section isfolded back, so that the Seat-section can be readily returned into its normal position in the main-frame without being obstructed by said plate. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective-view of my improved bed-lounge. Fig. 2 is a perspective-view, showing the lounge in the act of being changed into a bed. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse-section on line 3 3, Fig. 1, showing the bed-lounge arranged as a lounge. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section, showing the lounge ehanged into a bed. Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section on line 5 5, Fig. 8, showing the connection of the detachable back with the keepers at the rear-part of the main- The Seat-section is pro-4 vided with pivoted legs by which the Seatframe, and Fig. 6 is a side-elevation of the hinged and spring-actuated corner-plate by which the hinged section of the head-piece is supported on the Seat-section of the bedlounge.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referrin g to the drawings, A represents the main-frame of my improved bed-lounge. To the rear part of the main-frame A are applied near the corners of the same two keepers a which are made in the form of angle-irons and which are firmly screwed to the rear-part. of the main-frame A. The keepers a support the downwardly-extended ends of the legs b of a detachable frame B to the lower parts of which is hinged an upholstered back-section B'. The back-frame B with its hinged backsection B' can be detached from the mainframe A of the bed-lounge, so asit facilitate transportation. To the front-part of the mainframe A is hinged an upholstered Seat-section O; which is turned in outward direction so as to form the outer bed-section. In its outwardly turned position it is supported on pivoted and folding legs C', of any approved construction, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. After the Seat-section O is moved into outward position', the hinged back-section B' of the frame .B is moved inV downward direction into the main-frame and supported by the same on a level with the outwardly-turned Seat-section as shown in Fig. 4. The head-piece of the main-frame A is composed of a stationary section D, and of a hinged section D' which latter is hinged to the stationary section so that it can be swung in outward direction so as to rest on the outwardly-turned Seat-section C when the lounge is changed into abed. To the outer corner of the frame of the Seat-section O is attached a plate D2 to which a spring actuated plate D3 is hinged which is provided at its under side with a projection or stop that abuts against the stationary plate D2 so as to support the hinged plate D3 at an inclination of the hinged head-section D' when pressure is applied to the plate D3. The hinged and spring-actuated plate D3 is first pressed by hand into an inclined positionuntil the hinged head-section D' is moved in outward position and rests on the inclined plate DS whichthere- IOO section C, as shown in Fig. 2.

" section O is to be returned into the main-frame,

the head-section D' is first returned into position in the stationary head-section D, whereby the pressure on the hinged plate D'`is released and the latter moved by its spring into a position at right angles to the frame of the seatsection O, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, so that the Seat-section can be readily moved back into its position on the main frame A without any obstruction from the plate DS.

In the changing of the bed-lounge into a bed, the Seat-section is first tnrned on its hinges in outward position and supported on its pivot-legs, which are dropped into vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2. The hinged head-section D' is next turned over on its liinges until it arrives at the inclined supporting-plate D3 ot' the Seat-section. The hinged back-section is then lowered down into the main-frame, whereby its upholstered rear-part assumes a position on a level with the upholstered portion of the Seat-section. In this position a bed is formed in which all the parts are upholstered and in which all the covered parts of the lounge are not exposed and subjected to wear while the lounge is used as a bed. When the bed has to be changed back into a lounge, the hinged headsection D' is first turned back over the stationaryhead-section D. The back-section B' is then lifted up and replaced in position in the reclining back-frame and retained thereon by projecting ledges e at opposite endsof the back-section B', so as to prevent the backsection from being pressed into the backframe B when leaning against the same during the use of the lounge. The Seat-section C is finally returned into the main-frame by placing the pivot-legs in the usual manner into position alongside of the bed-section and then turning the Seat-section over into the main-frame.

When the bed is changed into a lounge, the covered parts which were at the under side, when the lounge was used as a bed, are

exposed again to view. As the covered parts are not in use when thelounge is used asabed, they are not subjected to wear and present thereby always a neat and unsoiled appearance, the bed-lounge bein g of a comparatively simple and inexpensive construction, which can be readily changed into a bed or back into a lounge, as required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, of' a main-frame having a stationary head-section hinged to the front-end of the main-frame and provided with pivot-legsfat its outer end, a head-section hinged to the stationary head-section of the main-frame, and a hingcd and Springactuated plate applied to the outer corner of the Seat-section and adapted to support the hinged head-section when the same is moved in outward direction, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a main-frame being a stationary head-section, a hinged Seat-section, a hinged head-section and a hinged and sprngactuated rest-plate attached to the outer corner of the Seat-section for supporting the hinged head-section, said rest-plate being provided with a stop at its under side, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTON KULICH.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CHARLES ScHtRoEDER. 

